Sarah (Duncan) Keffer (abt. 1797)

Born about 1797 in Montgomery, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

Sarah was born about 1797. She is the daughter of William Duncan and Mary Kirk.

Marriage

• /Sally/Sarah Duncan m John Keffer (& wife Sariah) (presumed son of (Jacob Keffer-6)^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5YB-18R : 29 January 2020), John Keffer, 1817 Giles VA

• Sarah is mentioned in this land transfer record with her husband:

16 April 1825, Isaac Harless & wife Dicy, John Keffer & wife Sariah, Randolph Hughs & wife Peggy, Mary Duncan, Lausen Duncan & wife Hannah, William Duncan & wife Elizabeth, deed to James Duncan, all Giles Co., $1, 90 acres on southeast side of Sinking Creek on a line of Peterson Smith's survey, division line between Joseph Anderson and Barnabas and John Lenegan. Testified to before John Kirk and James Wilson, Justices; the wives were examined separately and relinquished dower rights. "This deed of bargain & sale from the heirs of William Duncan decd to James Duncan was acknowledged & ordered recorded." This final record indicates that William Duncan had died in 1825 or possibly late in the previous year.